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Old 02-04-2016, 09:31 AM
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Congrats!

As a father of 2 now adult boys, make all your mods now, while you can pay for them.
Old 02-04-2016, 09:42 AM
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congrats..
but better planning is saving for a dedicated family car so you get to keep your toy..
Old 02-04-2016, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr_Mer
Congrats!

As a father of 2 now adult boys, make all your mods now, while you can pay for them.
I'm about to propose early summer and I keep getting threatened with a spreadsheet to track how much I spend on mods when we are married haha. She's considering letting me upgrade to something with an M or AMG badge to meet my car guy needs as long as I leave it all stock. Although she would never notice a tune
Old 02-04-2016, 11:20 AM
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Congratulations!!!

I have a boy and a girl (13 and15) and they love doing mods and riding around with a sense of ownership and accomplishment.

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Old 02-04-2016, 01:00 PM
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Congrats on your latest "mod"
Old 02-04-2016, 04:10 PM
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Babies and toddlers absolutely love a loud exhaust. I'm totally serious.

Puts them right to sleep.
Old 02-04-2016, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Rochester
Babies and toddlers absolutely love a loud exhaust. I'm totally serious.

Puts them right to sleep.
Maybe I should get a HFC along with my Tanabe exhaust. you know, for the kids.
Old 02-05-2016, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by e3phung
Maybe I should get a HFC along with my Tanabe exhaust. you know, for the kids.
Thisssssssssssss^


Congrats op
Old 02-05-2016, 11:59 AM
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You sure? You can barely see a line!


















JK! Congrats! Kids will change your life!
Old 02-05-2016, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by xpcgamer
Kids will change your life!
Understatement of the year.

Day 1... you start saving for college, month over month.

Year 18... you don't even get close to what's needed. Praying for scholarships, LOL
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Old 02-05-2016, 05:42 PM
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I jumped on the College Pre Paid program. It locks in the price of tuition and books for a 4 year college in the state of Florida. As you I am praying for Scholarships for Graduate school!
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Old 02-07-2016, 08:03 AM
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I had an WRX when my daughter was born. One year of car carrier was enough so I bought an RDX. (For perspective, I am 5'9", weigh maybe 240 and I am not really fat...my other hobby is that I am a lifelong gym rat. It still sucked constantly bending over to get the kid in and out of the car.) It was so much easier to deal with kid...and then kids when the second came along. The first gen RDX was actually pretty sporty...sporty enough that it did not sell well to the mommy demographic. But as soon as both kids could get in and out themselves, sedan shopping commenced.

TX no longer has a tuition lock program (they used to from what I understand from some coworkers). So I just do a 529. Ohio's is supposedly one of the best, at least it was when I was researching a few years back.

College: It's impossible to predict how much money you will need decades from now. We just divided the number of months until the August after the kids graduate into $100K each and started doing that as an autowithdrawal. We will readjust when the kids turn 10 (next month for my oldest). $100K is probably not enough, but the whole point of investing to keep up with inflation, etc. Did not want all the eggs in these baskets anyway. BTW, the number you get when you do what I said is pretty scary if you don't start early. It's over 1000 per month if you wait until they turn 10. Given this is a G37 board and not a Maserati board, I am guessing that is a pretty solid chunk of cheese for most of us. Start when they are toddlers and it is much more manageable.

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Old 02-12-2016, 01:01 AM
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Congratulations man!!!!! Another addition to the G family lol
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Congrats, kids are a Blessing.
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